Now that I’m older, losing my health

In my golden years (kazoo – toot-toot-toot-toot-toot)

Can I still be counting on some Medicare?

Or a two-tiered system – patient beware!

If I’m in need of emergency care,

Will they lock the door?

Will they still heed me, will they still treat me

When I’m eighty-four?

I could be clever, stock up on pills

Vitamins galore (kazoo – toot-toot-toot-toot-toot)

Jog a mile or so, a hundred push-ups too

Eat some bran and delicious tofu

Turn up my nose at deep apple pie

And buttered-dripping scones

Will they still heed me, will they still treat me

If I break some bones?

Send them a postcard, drop them a line

Stating point of view (kazoo – toot-toot-toot-toot-toot)

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Else you’ll find you’re wasting away

Ask for an answer, not just a form

A citizen’s just due

Will they still heed me, will they still treat me

When I`m ninety-two?

Copyright tune: The Beatles

Adapted by Lethbridge Raging Grannies, revised Calgary 1999

One more step,
We will take one more step,
Till there is help everyone in need,
We’ll take one more step.

One more step,
We will take one more step,
Till there is harm reduction for each one,
We’ll take one more step.

One more site,
We will build one more site,
Till there’s a place for everyone in need,
We’ll build one more site.

One more life,
This will save one more life,
Till every life is valued thus,
This will save one more life.

One more seed,
We will sow one more seed,
Till there’s a seed of hope in everyone,
We’ll sow one more seed.

One more bridge,
We will cross one more bridge,
Till we have found the peace we’re longing for,
We’ll cross one more bridge.

One more song,
We will sing one more song,
Till there is safe injection in our town,
We’ll sing one more song.

Day by day,
We will live day by day,
And when we stumble we’ll begin again,
And take one more step.

One more step,
We will take one more step,
Till there is help for everyone in need,
We’ll take one more step.

Author:  Joyce Poley

Copyright: Original song – Joyce Poley, 1986

Join us now, as we walk

People can do more than talk

We can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

Equal treatment would be fair

No more feeling we’re in err

We can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

Equal voice would be fair

No more losing our fair share

We can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

We want safety, we want honour

We will not wait any longer

We can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

Pay us heed,

Listen to us

People power is tre-men-dous

We can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

Author:  Kelowna Raging Grannies

Copyright: none

We’re Grannies and we’re really raging

Alberta’s the land of the rich

They tell us why we’re cutting service

Kicking vuln’ rable  folks to the ditch.

Let’s show our support for the people

Who need more help than you might

Let’s stand against cuts to their programs

Tell MLAs:  Back off this fight.

Bring back, bring back, bring back that funding to me, to me

Bring back, bring back, bring back that funding we need.

Our province claims an advantage

For people who live and work here

But on whose back is this budget balanced?

Will disabled folk take up the rear?

We’re Grannies and we’re really raging

We call upon those of you here

To rise up and tell those you’ve elected

To take care of those we hold most dear.

Bring back, bring back, bring back that funding to me, to me

Bring back, bring back, bring back that funding we need.

Author:  Granny Diana, Calgary Raging Grannies

Copyright:none

Oh….We’re just a gaggle of – Grannies

Urging you off of your – fannies

We’re telling you straight

Before it’s too late

We want NO MORE CUTS

With all the money they’re spending

Plus all the dollars they’re lending

The disabled need aid

And aides who get paid

We say STOP THE CUTS

Although it’s such a tradition

To blame our woes on the debt

Let’s put that thought in remission

And reclaim our safety net.

SO…. We may be a gaggle of – Grannies

But we’ve gotten off of our – fannies

We’re telling you now

Your Grannies know how

We want NO MORE CUTS.

We really mean it – STOP THE CUTS

We’ll say it nicely – NO MORE CUTS

Read our Lips: (silently) Stop the cuts

Author:  Edmonton Raging Grannies; revised CRG 2013

Copyright:

SLOWLY:

It’s so heavy feeling blue

It’s a burden, that is true

The world just looks so grey

All the colours have gone away.

You don’t trust yourself at all

You just feel hopeless and so small.

Each morning is so tough

Getting up can be so rough.

FASTER:

But there’s hope for you yet

Your close friends won’t forget

There’s counselling for you

And, maybe, medicines too.

And it may take a long time, friend

But one day you’ll be on the mend

Saying “There’s a way!”

I just know I will be okay.

Your world will then be so bright

Your spirit will take new flight

So trust me when I say

Depression will not stay.

There’s a future for you at last

The low moods may be past

So keep hoping things will clear

For recovery could be near.

Author:  Calgary Raging Grannies

See Grannies Perform: (provide link) – NA

Copyright:  EMI Music Publishing

Join us now, as we meet

Are we kind to all we greet?

Let’s accept each other just for who we are.

Tolerance will take us far.

Stephen Hawking didn’t walk;

King George stuttered when he talked;

Let’s accept each other just for who we are.

Tolerance will take us far.

Terry Fox showed no fear;

Howard Hughes had one deaf ear;

Let’s accept each other just for who we are.

Tolerance will take us far.

Helen Keller showed us truth ;

Dali’s moustache was uncouth ;

Let’s accept each other just for who we are.

Tolerance will take us far.

Author: Granny Sandi H, Calgary Raging Grannies, 2018

Date Last Used by YYC Grannies:  NA

Copyright: None

Join us now, as we walk

People can do more than talk

And we can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

Equal treatment would be fair

No more feeling we’re in err

And we can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

And we can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

We want safety, we want honour

We will not wait any longer

But we can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear

So pay us heed, listen to us

People power is tre-mend-ous

And we can march together

Facing down our fear

Raise our voices loud and clear.

Author: Kelowna Raging Grannies 2001; Calgary Raging Grannies 2018

Date Last Used by YYC Grannies:  2018

Copyright: None

Glory, Glory Hallejulliah

If we’re bald, so what’s it to ya?

If our clothing seems peculiar

Just accept us as we are.

Let’s celebrate we’re not the same

We’re all just human kind

The world is one big family

And we’re just pre-designed

And if we’re  flat or round or square

Just please, nobody mind

Accept us as we are.

Glory, Glory Hallejulliah

If we’re bald, so what’s it to ya?

If our clothing seems peculiar

Just accept us as we are

We speak so many languages

But hearts beat all the same

Life’s journeys aren’t predictable

And oftentimes there’s pain

But when we help each other out

There’s benefits to gain

Move forward fearlessly

Glory, Glory Hallejulliah

If we’re bald, so what’s it to ya?

If our clothing seems peculiar

Just accept us as we are!

Author: Granny Sandi H, Calgary Raging Grannies, 2018

Date Last Used by YYC Grannies:  NA

Copyright: None